Cloudflare’s observations show that AI agent traffic rose by approximately 1,700% over one year, with bots accounting for the majority of HTML requests. In response, the company is enhancing infrastructure, authentication and payment functions for AI agents.
According to Cloudflare’s observations, traffic generated by AI agents rose by approximately 1,700% in the year from June 2025 through the end of May 2026, with bots coming to account for 60.4% of HTTP requests for HTML content. Human access accounted for only 39.6%.
The company said it is accelerating the development of execution infrastructure, Web connectivity, authentication, payment and security functions for AI agents in response to this shift. The announcement included Precursor and other new technologies and solutions, and introduced measures based on distinguishing between AI agents and humans.
The internet was also described as transitioning from the human-centered “Human Internet” to the AI-agent-centered “Agentic Internet,” pointing to future changes in its design.
In addition to the statistics, the company cited increased activity in software development, including a 34% increase in the number of new websites, a 68% increase in iOS apps and a 153% increase in the number of GitHub pull requests.